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March 3, 2023
RNZ News It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you had seen it all at the time, you should think again. Boiling Point, a new documentary from RNZ, includes previously unseen footage of clashes at Parliament on 2 March 2022, ... <a title="RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/rnz-documentary-boiling-point-spotlight-on-final-day-of-an-infamous-protest/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2022
RNZ News Protesters blocked roads in central Auckland this afternoon for the second time in two weeks, marching past the main entrance to the city’s hospital. The Auckland motorway onramp used by protesters two weeks ago was closed ahead of another rally at the Auckland Domain today. Aucklanders were warned to prepare for traffic disruption ... <a title="Public health ‘patriot’ protesters march onto central Auckland streets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/06/public-health-patriot-protesters-march-onto-central-auckland-streets/" aria-label="Read more about Public health ‘patriot’ protesters march onto central Auckland streets">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Richie Poulton, University of Otago; Avshalom Caspi, Duke University, and Terrie Moffitt, Duke University Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against covid-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health recommendations. This is puzzling to many, and the ... <a title="Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, major NZ study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/10/vaccine-resistance-has-its-roots-in-negative-childhood-experiences-major-nz-study-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine resistance has its roots in negative childhood experiences, major NZ study finds">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter A man whose personal bank account was used to receive donations for New Zealand’s Parliament protest is bankrupt and has been declared insolvent three times. The protest lasted for 23 days before ending in a riot on March 2 when police cracked down on the protesters. Jamie ... <a title="Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history of unpaid debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/parliament-protest-donations-went-to-bank-account-of-man-with-history-of-unpaid-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history of unpaid debt">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
RNZ News Police have made 60 arrests today as part of a pre-planned operation to remove anti-covid public health protesters from New Zealand’s Parliament grounds. Police have been descending on Parliament from early this morning on day 23 of the occupation and have also begun towing larger vehicles, including campervans and trucks. They say they ... <a title="60 arrests made as NZ police say some Parliament protesters have weapons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/60-arrests-made-as-nz-police-say-some-parliament-protesters-have-weapons/" aria-label="Read more about 60 arrests made as NZ police say some Parliament protesters have weapons">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
RNZ News Almost 30 community leaders of New Zealand’s capital Wellington have banded together to urge an immediate end of the illegal protest activities at Parliament. Among those who have signed the joint statement are the region’s mayors, MPs, principals and business leaders. The letter says Wellingtonians and city workers have been “intimidated” by protesters, ... <a title="‘We’ve had enough’ call to NZ capital protesters from city ‘who’s who’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/weve-had-enough-call-to-nz-capital-protesters-from-city-whos-who/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve had enough’ call to NZ capital protesters from city ‘who’s who’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Police Commissioner admits some tow companies are reluctant to help with the removal of vehicles near Parliament but says some towing will begin today. The anti-mandate protest on Parliament’s grounds and neighbouring streets is entering its ninth day. Commissioner Andrew Coster told RNZ Morning Report he expected to see some of ... <a title="Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/police-act-against-nz-protester-vehicles-but-admit-towies-unwilling-to-help/" aria-label="Read more about Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to help">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Police say a protester who needed medical attention within New Zealand’s Parliament grounds last night had to wait for ambulance staff to get through the roads blocked by vehicles. The protest against covid-19 protection measures has continued through its fifth day with police saying new tents and marquees had been erected while police have strengthened ... <a title="Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/stronger-police-barriers-heavy-rain-covid-ads-dont-dampen-nz-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has warned that although people have a right to protest when “they threaten, harass and disrupt people and a whole city they lose that right”. In a post on Facebook, Robertson — who is also Finance Minister and MP for Central Wellington where the five-day-old Parliament ... <a title="Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’, warns deputy PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/right-to-protest-lost-for-those-who-threaten-harass-and-disrupt-warns-deputy-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’, warns deputy PM">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ News More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand’s Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters who have linked arms lining up in front of the Cenotaph. One person speaking said he would walk up the Parliament steps at 3pm and get arrested, inviting others in ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/covid-19-nz-protesters-camped-at-parliament-warned-over-trespass/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2022
RNZ Pacific An estimated 1000 people in New Caledonia joined a protest march against the French government’s policies to fight the pandemic. The unauthorised march in Noumea was held just a day after the government imposed a limit of 30 people for any outside gathering. Police said that while the meeting was illegal, they did ... <a title="Protesters in New Caledonia target state vax mandates, health card" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/11/protesters-in-new-caledonia-target-state-vax-mandates-health-card/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters in New Caledonia target state vax mandates, health card">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
RNZ News An anti-vax protest that shut down the centre of Newmarket in New Zealand’s largest city Auckland today may have cost local businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost customers, says the local business association. Hundreds gathered at 11am at the Auckland Domain before heading to Westfield Newmarket shopping mall via Carlton Gore ... <a title="‘Shameless, misguided’ NZ anti-vax protesters cost Newmarket stores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/shameless-misguided-nz-anti-vax-protesters-cost-newmarket-stores/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shameless, misguided’ NZ anti-vax protesters cost Newmarket stores">Read more</a>
